EP3790927A1 - Method, device and use for reprocessing substantially polyalkylene terephthalate - Google Patents
Method, device and use for reprocessing substantially polyalkylene terephthalateInfo
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- EP3790927A1 EP3790927A1 EP19774057.4A EP19774057A EP3790927A1 EP 3790927 A1 EP3790927 A1 EP 3790927A1 EP 19774057 A EP19774057 A EP 19774057A EP 3790927 A1 EP3790927 A1 EP 3790927A1
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- depolymerization
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- alkylene glycol
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a process for reprocessing essentially polyalkylene terephthalate, in particular
- a, preferably solid, alkali and / or alkaline earth metal hydroxide, in particular sodium hydroxide is added to the waste to produce a reaction mixture.
- the present invention also relates to an apparatus for performing such a method.
- the present invention relates to the use of such a device for carrying out such a method.
- the invention particularly relates to a continuous process for recycling polyalkylene terephthalate-containing wastes, in which the wastes are suitably prepared and mixed and heated with alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydroxide in an extruder or kneading reactor.
- the inventive method is that it is the continuous workup of polyalkylene terephthalate
- Alkylene glycol The alkali metal or alkaline earth metal terephthalate
- containing material stream can then be dissolved, cleaned and, if appropriate, in a suitable solvent, for example water be converted into terephthalic acid (TPA) or a terephthalic acid ester.
- a suitable solvent for example water be converted into terephthalic acid (TPA) or a terephthalic acid ester.
- TPA or an intermediate product of TPA from polyalkylene terephthalate and in particular polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in the form of waste.
- PET polyethylene terephthalate
- polyester production waste First, sulfuric acid is added, followed by dyes and additives to be able to remove. This cleaned intermediate is with
- Monoethylene glycol (MEG) is recovered by distillation.
- Alkali metals, ammonium carbamate and urea are used.
- the released carbon dioxide is recycled.
- German patent 69522479 the depolymerization is carried out using a solvent (for example water) and a solvent (for example water) and a solvent (for example water) and a solvent (for example water) and a solvent (for example water) and a solvent (for example water) and a solvent (for example water) and a solvent (for example water) and a solvent (for example water) and a solvent (for example water) and a solvent (for example water) and a
- Alkaline earth metal hydroxide at elevated temperature and pressure. After filtration of the dissolved alkali metal or
- PET waste and silver-containing PET waste are depolymerized in a sodium hydroxide solution. The subsequent evaporation of the
- Disodium terephthalate remains, which is dissolved in water and converted to an TPA with an acid.
- German patent 69316545 T2 describes a method for
- Macromolecular Symposia 2013 the glycolysis of PET in an extruder at a temperature of 320 ° C. Ethylene glycol is used to depolymerize the PET. However, no TPA is obtained.
- the conversion of the PET takes place predominantly at high temperatures and high pressures. This has the disadvantage that the outlay in terms of equipment and energy is very high and the economy of the processes is thus reduced. Likewise, most of the methods described are only carried out in batches. In view of the high temperatures and high pressures, however, the batchwise processing provided in the prior art has the disadvantage that the expenses for heating up and building up pressure are considerable. In particular, recycling for multi-layer composite materials based on polymers was due to the material connection
- Multi-layer packaging was used. These packagings consist of several layers of different polymers or materials and / or inorganic coatings, which generally each have at least one function. For example, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer is used in food packaging as an oxygen barrier
- Multilayer system packaging is used, for example, in the
- a widely used food packaging consists, for example, of a PET tray that is coated with a thin layer of polyethylene (PE) or polyamide (PA). There is a firm one with these and the other multilayer packaging Composite of different polymers or materials. According to the current state of the art, multi-layer materials are difficult or difficult to recycle.
- Patent W02003104315A1 describes an approach which describes a method for the separation of
- coated plastic molded articles can be separated from a PET molded article, a barrier layer made of polyvinyl alcohol and a cover layer by using water.
- the barrier and intermediate layer made of polyvinyl alcohol is dissolved and the molded body can be separated from the cover layer.
- the method is therefore limited to very specific three-layer systems.
- Multilayer materials after their use according to the current state of the art are only thermally recycled or filled in landfills. Both in thermal recycling and in
- the present invention is based on the object of a method, an apparatus and an
- the object directed to a method is achieved in a method of the type mentioned at the outset in that the
- alkylene glycol is additionally added as the reactant, the alkylene glycol being a product of the desired
- Depolymerization can be produced alkylene glycol, in particular MEG, and no further reactive constituents are added to the reaction mixture. It has been shown in the context of the invention that the addition as a starting material is one in the subsequent depolymerization
- MEG is also added to the reprocessing of PET waste in addition to, for example, sodium hydroxide.
- the wastes are comminuted before the production of the reaction mixture, preferably to a size of at most 3 mm.
- the wastes in particular multilayer systems, are mechanically ground and broken up to have as large a surface as possible to provide for the saponification reaction.
- the mechanical comminution damages the material bond between the different layers as well as the layers themselves, so that
- a reaction from all or from different sides of the waste, in particular PET, can take place.
- the alkylene glycol is added with a mass flow which is chosen such that the mass flow ratio of the wastes to the alkylene glycol is at least 3, in particular 3.3. This ratio has proven to be suitable in the context of the invention in order to achieve high throughput rates and high quality of the recycling products obtained.
- the alkali metal and / or alkaline earth metal hydroxide is added with a mass flow such that the stoichiometric ratio of alkali metal and / or alkaline earth metal hydroxide to polyalkylene terephthalate based on a
- constitutional repeating unit is at least 2, in particular about 2.4.
- a mass flow of 3.33 kg / h sodium hydroxide can be used to process a mass flow of 6.66 kg / h of PET-containing waste.
- reaction mixture for the depolymerization is continuously conveyed through a reactor vessel. Continuous operation can advantageously achieve high throughput. In addition, continuous throughput through a reactor vessel enables
- an extruder in particular a twin-screw extruder, is used for conveying, the screws preferably being rotated in the same direction.
- the use of a co-rotating twin screw extruder with tightly intermeshing screw elements advantageously represents a good one
- the depolymerization is carried out at a temperature below the decomposition point of the polyalkylene terephthalate and / or below the boiling point of MEG, in particular at 160 ° C.
- a temperature below the decomposition point of the polyalkylene terephthalate and / or below the boiling point of MEG in particular at 160 ° C.
- extruders can be used as reactor containers according to the invention.
- the main advantage of an extruder is the continuous procedure and thorough mixing of the product.
- inert gas preferably nitrogen
- a noble gas or a mixture of noble gases and / or nitrogen can also be introduced within the scope of the invention. This measure prevents the influx of oxygen or Humidity in the reactor vessel to ensure constant dosing. It also comes with an inert gas blanket
- the reaction mixture is kneaded and / or mixed and / or conveyed and / or reclaimed during the depolymerization.
- a sequence of different kneading, mixing, conveying and return conveying treatments can be carried out in chronological and / or spatial sequence in order to ensure homogeneous mixing of the solids and to mechanically grind the PET material and the multilayer systems and
- a suitable mean residence time of the wastes in the reaction vessel can be set, for example 2 minutes, by suitable selection of the sequence of treatments of the reaction mixture.
- alkylene glycol preferably by, is converted from a reaction product
- both the alkylene glycol used as starting material, for example MEG, and the alkylene glycol which forms can be recovered by condensation. This enables a particularly efficient procedure. For further processing of the obtained after the depolymerization
- the process according to the invention can be added to the reaction discharge water for dissolving solid constituents. This can be done in one
- an acid can be added to the reaction product in order to contain the acid in the reaction product
- the acid must be stronger than the TPA formed.
- the invention is suitable
- sulfuric acid with a concentration of 25% (w / w).
- Means for supplying a, preferably solid, alkali and / or alkaline earth hydroxide and with means for supplying an alkylene glycol into the reactor vessel are possible.
- Reactor vessel enables, which ensures high throughput rates with high recycling.
- the measure according to the invention enables the method according to the invention to be carried out, which has proven to be particularly suitable for reprocessing multilayer waste.
- the means for supplying an alkali hydroxide can comprise a gravimetric metering device with a positive conveyor, for example in order to add solid sodium hydroxide in pearl form.
- the means for supplying the hydroxide can be designed as a solid metering device.
- the means for supplying an alkylene glycol, for example MEG can comprise a gravimetric metering unit.
- Reactor container shaped as an extruder, in particular twin-screw extruder, preferably rotating in the same direction. This allows a homogeneous mixing of the
- Solids are guaranteed and the material to be reprocessed, in particular with multilayer systems, can be mechanically ground and broken up in order to have the largest possible surface for the
- the conveying means have at least one screw arrangement at least one screw element, the outer diameter of which is in a ratio of about 1.7, in particular 1.66, to the inner diameter. This ratio has changed in terms of the quality of the
- a length to the outer diameter is in a ratio of about 60 in the screw arrangement.
- dwell times of only 2 minutes can be set, during which a very high conversion rate is nevertheless achieved.
- Polyethylene terephthalate can take place.
- the average residence time of the waste in the extruder can be set to only about 2 minutes, a conversion in the range of 92-97% being achieved during the depolymerization in this short reaction time.
- the screw elements can in Frame of the invention have a length of about one to twice the diameter.
- the screw elements used can be threaded onto a shaft in a desired order.
- the screw elements can change when the number of gears is changed
- Spacers or transition elements can be used. It can achieve the highest possible mechanical
- Kneading elements for a good dispersion of the base in the reaction mixture.
- the use of a returning element leads to a backlog of the reaction mixture.
- a narrow gap between the return elements forces the dwell
- Mixing elements are designed, very good mixing is achieved with low shear, which stresses the reaction product less mechanically than kneading elements.
- the reactor vessel is provided with means for tempering in sections adapted to the screw elements. This measure advantageously makes it possible within the scope of the invention, one for the respective
- each housing section of the reaction container can be configured with an individually controllable electrical heater and water cooling.
- wastes of polyalkylene terephthalate are preferably used as duo and / or multilayer systems with a polymer or several different polymers and / or natural fibers and / or metal coatings.
- the polymer or several different polymers and / or natural fibers and / or metal coatings are preferably used as duo and / or multilayer systems with a polymer or several different polymers and / or natural fibers and / or metal coatings.
- Polyethylene terephthalate These are, for example, the commercially available PET bottles or packaging for food.
- Solvent mixture is added.
- the solvent is preferably selected from the group of alcohols.
- the solvent treatment of the material and the addition of solvent in the depolymerization process in the extruder or kneading reactor ensure better mixing, better phase contact and an increased mass transfer, and that
- the waste containing polyalkylene terephthalate which consists, for example, of bottle, film, fiber, shell, automobile interior lining, and other packaging waste, is comminuted according to the invention before the treatment and continuously mixed in a reactor with an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydroxide.
- the reagents are supplied in such a way that the alkali metal or
- Alkaline earth metal hydroxide in a stoichiometric or a slight stoichiometric excess over the constitutional
- the reactor used can, according to the invention, be a continuously operating extruder or kneading reactor.
- this inert gas atmosphere can consist of nitrogen, noble gases or mixtures thereof and, in special procedures, dry or synthetic air.
- an embodiment of the invention can use a co-rotating or counter-rotating, closely intermeshing twin-screw screw or a multi-screw extruder, and a
- Kneading reactor with, preferably self-cleaning blades can be used.
- the arrangement of the extrusion screw elements and the arrangement of the blades is advantageously self-cleaning and can be adapted to the process by using various mixing, conveying, return conveying and kneading elements.
- extrusion screw elements can in the process in
- Embodiment of the invention can be arranged so that the resulting Alkylene glycol can be removed at reduced pressure or by overflowing with inert gas.
- alkylene glycol vapors can be removed outside the reactor by suitable processes, such as e.g.
- the blades of the kneading mixer can be arranged in such a way that they self-cleaning homogenize the mixture in a manner and saponify the polyalkylene terephthalate in the waste within 1-60 minutes
- the reactor can be carried out.
- the reactor can also be in this
- Variant according to the invention are flowed through with an inert gas which drags the alkylene glycol vapors out of the reactor.
- these vapors can be recovered outside the reactor using suitable equipment.
- An alkali metal or alkaline earth metal terephthalate, an alkylene glycol and the optionally used solvent are obtained as the reaction product in the process according to the invention.
- the alkali metal or alkaline earth metal terephthalate is dissolved in a suitable solvent, preferably water, filtered and purified. In the filtration, the
- Coatings are recovered from the multilayer systems.
- these can be RE or other polyolefin fractions that have been disposed of as food packaging in a PE / PET or PP / PET multilayer system.
- the TPA can be recovered from the alkali metal or alkaline earth metal terephthalates obtained in aqueous solution by adding a stronger acid than TPA.
- the development in the last decade has shown that there is an urgent need to find a recycling facility for the large quantities of packaging material.
- the method according to the invention can offer a solution to an essential part of this problem, since with the method according to the invention in particular the single-layer and multi-layer polyethylene terephthalate bottles or others
- Liquid containers, packaging trays and foils can be recycled, which is not possible according to the prior art as soon as a direct material bond between two or more different ones
- the process according to the invention advantageously tolerates contaminants such as additives, fillers, colorants, pigments, wrappings, labels, metals and metal coatings and the like in the waste containing polyalkylene terephthalate.
- the impurities can be separated off by filtration and / or other process steps after the reaction discharge, the alkali metal or
- Alkaline earth metal terephthalates have been dissolved in water.
- the target product, the TPA is obtained after a cleaning step by lowering the pH with a stronger acid than TPA.
- application examples are described for a more detailed explanation of the recycling process, but without pointing towards it
- Screw diameters of 18 mm are continuously added under an inert gas atmosphere with the aid of two metering devices 0.8 kg / h PE-coated PET flakes and 0.4 kg / h sodium hydroxide.
- the housing temperature of the extruder is set between 160-180 ° C.
- the speed of the extruder is set between 160-180 ° C.
- Twin screw is 500 rpm. Taking a sample of the product shows a degree of PET saponification of> 80%. in the
- the solid obtained in this way consists essentially of mono- and disodium terephthalate and unreacted PE fractions.
- Extruder discharge is dissolved in water and then subjected to a solid-liquid separation before the solution is cleaned and the TPA is precipitated using a strong acid.
- a heterogeneous input stream of waste is treated, which contains, among other things, PE coated PET and other polymers, in particular polyolefins such as PP.
- the input stream contains about 0.8 kg / h PP / PE coated PET flakes, the 0.4 kg / h sodium hydroxide with the addition of 0.9 kg / h MEG are fed separately into the extruder. These addition flows allow the Maintaining a constant weight ratio of PET / NaOH of about 2.
- the entire apparatus is blanketed with inert gas.
- the housing temperature of the extruder is set between 140-160 ° C.
- the speed of the twin screw is 400 rpm.
- the solid thus obtained essentially consists of mono- and disodium terephthalate and unreacted polyolefin fractions, in particular PP and PE fractions.
- Example 2 In a device similar to that in Example 1 with a
- Screw diameter of 27 mm using a similar process is treated 5 kg / h PE coated PET flakes with 2.5 kg / h sodium hydroxide with the addition of 5.7 kg / h MEG.
- the housing temperature of the extruder is set between 140-160 ° C.
- the speed of the twin screw is 270 rpm. Taking a sample of the product shows a degree of PET saponification of> 90%. in the
- the housing temperature of the kneading reactor is set between 160-180 ° C.
- the speed of the kneading shaft is 500 rpm.
- the MEG used and the resulting MEG are removed by distillation in the twin-shaft kneading reactor.
- the solid thus obtained consists essentially of mono- and
- a process for recycling polyalkylene terephthalate-containing waste comprising the steps of:
- Merlmal 2 Method according to feature 1, characterized in that the waste containing polyalkylene terephthalate duo and / or
- Multilayer systems with one polymer or several different polymers are.
- Feature 4 Method according to feature 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the waste containing polyalkylene terephthalate contains one or more layers of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH), cardboard, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) polyamide (PA), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS) or their
- EVOH ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer
- EVA ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer
- PA polyvinyl alcohol
- PE polyethylene
- PP polypropylene
- PS polystyrene
- Feature 7 Method according to feature 6, characterized in that the solvent is from the group of alcohols, or that
- Solvent is a non-polar, halogenated solvent
- Solvent especially dimethyl sulfoxide, or that
- Feature 10 Method according to one of the preceding features, characterized in that the reactive extrusion or kneading reaction is carried out continuously and with a blanket of inert gas, in particular argon / nitrogen, for a dry and oxygen-free atmosphere.
- inert gas in particular argon / nitrogen
- FIG. 1 Block flow diagram to illustrate the method steps of an embodiment of the invention
- PET Polyethylene terephthalate
- Polybutylene terephthalate can be used.
- Waste containing PET including multi-layer systems, such as
- Step 1 Beverage bottles, detergent bottles (opaque, clear or colored black) or other types of food packaging e.g. Salad bowls, sausage and cheese packaging or PET-containing production waste are washed in a first step 1 and crushed to less than 3mm.
- the waste is then optionally pre-dried in a second step 2 in order to reduce the water content of the PET material.
- the material to be processed can be predried using the method according to the invention. In this case, step 2 of drying after step 1 of the shredder can be omitted. In certain applications according to the invention, however, another can
- the waste is introduced into a co-rotating twin-screw extruder with tightly intermeshing screw elements.
- the saponification or depolymerization reaction of the PET is carried out continuously in the extruder.
- the ratio of sodium hydroxide to PET waste is adjusted according to the invention during the process so that a constant stoichiometric ratio of about 2.4, based on the constitutional repeating unit of PET, is established.
- the reaction discharge from the extruder consists of disodium terephthalate, MEG and unreacted parts of the
- Sodium hydroxide and PET waste e.g. PET residues, dyes, degradation products of PA and dyes, other polymers such as
- PE PE, PP and PS.
- the twin screw extruder has a modular structure and consists of 14 temperature zones.
- the housings are each individually controllable e! electric heating and water cooling.
- Screw diameter Di is a parameter for the possible, free screw volume.
- the Da / Di of the screw elements is 1.66.
- the ratio of the screw length L to the diameter of the screw D describes the process length of the
- Extruder is 60 with this extruder.
- the screw geometry is modular and can be adapted to the process and the PET materia! be adjusted.
- the extruder consists of the following individually temperature-controlled cylinders:
- Cylinder 1 main feed
- cylinder 2 top injector
- cylinder 3 bottom injector
- Cylinder 15 conveying, discharge behind cylinder 15.
- the starting materials are thus first drawn into the extruder and mechanically processed in the device as they pass through all the zones.
- the product from the extruder is conveyed, discharge behind cylinder 15.
- the discharge is designed as an opening from which the product is conveyed out of the device.
- the device is equipped with up to three pressure sensors which are inserted into the cylinder opening of the spray nozzle.
- the housings / cylinders 2 to 15 are heated to 160 ° C.
- Cylinder 1 is not tempered.
- the speed of the co-rotating twin screw is set to 100 rpm.
- the screw configuration is selected so that good mixing of the two solids can be guaranteed in the process.
- the screw elements used can be in any order
- kneading elements that promote and are neutral in conveying are used in the construction of the screw configuration. Furthermore, by using kneading elements, energy is added to the reaction mixture
- the PET is dosed gravimetrically by means of a solid dosing device.
- the material is transported into the extruder via the feed and the screw elements with a large free screw volume and heated there.
- cylinder 1 itself only transports, but no temperature control.
- the side metering in cylinder 4 becomes solid
- Dosing device added with the help of a positive conveyor.
- the cylinder 4 also has an atmospheric opening.
- Both the solid feeder for the PET and the solid feeder for the sodium hydroxide are blanketed with inert gas to prevent the influx of oxygen and (air) moisture and to ensure constant dosing. Without an inert gas blanket, the strongly hygroscopic sodium hydroxide would stick together and block very quickly, which would bring the process to a standstill.
- the MEG used and the MEG that forms can be recovered by condensation.
- the screw configuration is shown in Table 1.
- the given angle degree values indicate the angle between the disks of the kneading elements.
- a sequence of different kneading, mixing, conveying and return conveying elements is used, which is a homogeneous
- screw configuration is the average residence time of the RET waste in the extruder set to about 2 min. During this reaction time, 92-97% of the PET content in PET-containing waste is converted.
- the pasty reaction discharge is in the next step
- Post-treatment 4 granulated, crushed and spread on a temperature-controlled conveyor belt with suction.
- the MEG vapors are condensed on a cooler and collected.
- the reaction product is dissolved in water in a stirred tank or a mixing screw (55 kg / h, 133 g / L solubility of the disodium terephthalate).
- the insoluble residues (PET residues, PE, PP, metals, PS, cardboard) are separated off by filtration 6.
- TPA precipitation 7 the solution is mixed with sulfuric acid (9.6 kg / h, 25% (w / w)).
- the precipitated TPA is obtained by filtration 8 and washed 9 with water and filtered off.
- the TPA is washed with water to remove residual sulfuric acid and sodium sulfate that forms during the precipitation. After washing 10, there is a separation of solid-liquid 10 "in order to separate the solid TPA " which is insoluble in water " from the wash water.
- Depolymerization can be used.
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